ABOUT
Absurd.website is a playground for absurd ideas, turning concepts into projects that blur the line between art, business, and nonsense.Operating at the crossroads of contemporary art and digital experimentation, Absurd.website explores the playful yet thought-provoking potential of absurdity. Founded in 2020, it began with occasional, irregular releases. Since 2024, the initiative has followed a steady rhythm of one new project each month. And starting in mid-2025, members have also gained access to exclusive secret projects (Absurd Members Only).
Artistic Philosophy
Absurd.website began as the vision of a single artist, embodying the concept of “artist as a company.” While rooted in individual creativity, it is designed to grow into a collective, bringing together like-minded creators.
The essence of each project lies in the concept and idea—these always originate from the artist. Tools like AI may sometimes be used in the process, but execution is secondary to the underlying vision. Absurd.website treats absurdity not as a lack of meaning but as a creative lens to reimagine the everyday, the nonsensical, and the experimental. Humor, irony, and unconventional methods are employed to challenge perceptions of functionality, utility, and value.
Key Themes
- Contemporary Art: Merging traditional and digital approaches to explore absurdity today.
- Net and Web Art: Using the internet itself as a canvas for absurd creation.
- Business as Art: Satirizing startup culture through surreal services and products.
- Fun and Experimentation: Prioritizing curiosity and creativity over utility or logic.
Since its inception, Absurd.website has launched projects ranging from surreal digital services to impractical, whimsical objects. Each project is both playful and critical, reflecting on consumerism, innovation culture, and our digital lives.
Absurd.website positions absurdity as a legitimate artistic approach—an invitation to embrace the delightful chaos of the unexpected.
Explore and Engage
To delve into the world of absurdity and explore past and current projects, visit Absurd.website. Join us in celebrating the unexpected.
For features, interviews, or collaborations:
Email: info@absurd.website
Seen On
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Hacker News
Front page feature with 290+ upvotes — “I build one absurd web project every month” -
WebCurios #425
“Absurd is a MSCHF-style projectcollectivething which every month releases a new, fun, silly THING into the world... Stupid, yes, but also ART (probably).” -
TLDR WebDev
Weekly developer newsletter curated by Cassidy Williams. -
AIBASE
30 strange AI ideas hidden on Absurd.website — genius ideas and the fate of short-lived startups
👉 Artist’s note: I like how author is drawing parallels with short-lived AI startups,but Absurd.website is not about AI, but about ideas, absurd aesthetics, and business as an artistic medium. AI is just a tool to realize some of ideas. -
ZengZhang.AI
The largest Chinese-language AI & growth newsletter (10k+ readers weekly) featured Absurd.website in its roundup on experimental digital culture — see [EP#13](https://www.zengzhang.ai/p/aiep13). -
ThinkinDev / UWL.ME https://uwl.me/tag/absurd.website?len=8
Asian tech platform with AI & open-source insights — featured Absurd.website with 280K+ views. -
UX Design Weekly https://uxdesignweekly.com/issue-541/
Curated weekly UX design newsletter by Kenny Chen — reaches 35K+ subscribers. -
Reddit — r/SideProject
200+ upvotes and discussion in the indie maker community -
The Useless Web
Linked in the beloved random useless internet machine. -
Trilzo & PointlessSites
Curated among the web’s most absurd and wonderful distractions.